Robert weintratjd



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WITNESSESr INVENTOR:

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Patented July 15, 1884.

.UNITED e STATES PATENT OFFICE;

ROBERT \VEINTRAUD, OF OFFENBAOH-ON-THE-MAIN, GERMANY.

HAND-BAG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 302,071, dated July 15, 1884.

, Application filed May 23, 1884. (No model.) l l To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ROBERT WEINTRAUD, a person resident at Offenbach-on-the-Main, in the Empire of Germany, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hand-Bags, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my inventionv is to provide a hand-bag or satchel provided with a new and improved device for'holding a purse, pocket- ,book, or like article in such a manner that the pocket-book or purse ca'n easily be taken from the bag for use, is lifted out of the bag when the same is opened, and finally cannot -become detached when the bag is closed and get mingled with the other-articles inthe bag, whereby the tedious search for the poeket-' book or purse is avoided. t

'The invention consists in a plate or frame secured to the inner surface of one frame of a satchel or hand-bag in such a manner that it projects down into the bag when the'same is closed, and over the opening of the bag when the same is opened,whieh., plate or frame is provided on its free end with means for holding a purse, pocket-book, e.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming-part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1. is a perspective View of a handbag or satchel provided with my improved attachment, the bag being opened and a peeket-book held by the attachment. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the bag, the same being closed. Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional elevation of the same, showing it opened. Fig. -.L is a perspective view of the hooleplate or attachment for holding the pocket-book.

- Fig. 5 shows a plan view of the frame of the pocket-book and the loop on the same.

The hand-bag or satchel A, or like article, is provided with two frames, B, of the usual construction, which are hinged to each other at their ends, and are provided with the locking-button G, or with other suitable locking devices. A piece or frame, D, of sheet metal, hard rubber, or any other suitable material, is secured to one of the frames B in such a manner that the said plate will be in the same plane with the frame,and at right angles to the flanges B, so that when the bag is closed the plate .1) projects down into the bag, and

. opening the bag.

when the bag is opened the plate D will project transversely over the opening of the same. A hook, E, is formed on the free end of the plate D, the hook being formed on that side of the plate opposite that side facing the side of the bag. 1 The purse-or pockct book F hasa longitudinal loop, G, of wire, leather, cord, or anyother suitable material, formed on its frame H, or on any other part, through which loop G, the hook Eis passed, thus holding the purse or pocketbook on the free end of the platel).

\Vhen the bag A is opened and the frames B swung from each, other as far as possible, the free end of the plate I) is swung upward and the pocket-book, (\e, raised out of the bottom of the bag, and can easily be removed from the plate I) to be used. if the pdekctbook is then again hung on the hook of the plate D and the bag closed, the pocket-book is swung down into the bag and cannot mingle with the other articles in the bag, and can be reached and found immediately upon The plate 1) holds, the purse or pocket-book to one side of the bag, thus leaving sufiieient space for other articles which can be reached easily.

Instead of forming the hook E on the plale D, it can be formed on the purse or pocketbook, and an eye or loop can be formed on the plate I). l

. Card-cases, note-books, toilet-cases,&e.,can

be held in hand-bags, satehels, retienles, &-e., in the manner described.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters latent- A satchel, handbag, or reticule having a one of the frames of the bag, to project down into the bag when the same is closed, and over the opening'of the same when it is open, which plate or frame is providcd 'on its free end with a loop or hook, substantially as herein shown and described.

- In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the prcsenceof two subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT- WEINTRAUI).

W'itnesses: I

Josnrn PATRICK, FRIEDRICH QUEHL. 

